Butter print and cutter.



Patented Oct; 24, |399.

` E. J. BARRY. BUTTER PRINT AND GUTTER.

(Application leii Mar. 24, 1899.)

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BUTTER PRINT AND CUTTER.

SPECIFICATION forming-part of Letters Patent No. 635,289, dated October 24, 1899. Application inea March 24, 1s99.` semi No. 710,395. m0 model.)

To all whom, 15mm/y concern:

Be it known that I, EDWARD J. BARRY, a citizen of the United States, residing at Hartford, in the county of Hartford and State of Connecticut, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Butter Prints and Cutters, of which the following is a specification.

This invention is a combined butter print and cutter, the object being to provide an eX- ceedingly cheap,- simple, and efficient device for making the butter into small prints and cutting the same off into lengths suitable for table use.

Another object of the invention is to provide a device which shall be exceedingly easy to operate, it being only necessary to turn a crank to perform all the various functions.

With these objects in view the invention consists, essentially, of a cylinder mounted in asuitable support and havinga plunger working therein, said plunger being fed through the medium of a screw-rod and sleeve working thereon, said screw-rod being operated by means of a crank carrying the cutter-blade, said cutter-blade also operating to lift the print-block, which normally closes the forward end of the cylinder and against which the butter is pressed for the purpose of making the desired impression.

The invention consists also in certain details of construction and novelties of combination', all of which will be fully described hereinafter and pointed out in the claims.

In the drawings forming part of this specication, Figure l is a perspective view of the device constructed in accordance with my invention. Fig. 2 is a vertical longitudinal section on the line 2 2 of Fig. l, the print-block being elevated by means of the cutter-blade. Fig. 3 is a transverse section on the line 3 3 of Fig. 2, showing the sleeve and cylinder in section. Fig. 4 is a top plan View of the cutter-blade and attached parts.

In carrying out my invention I employ a cylinder A, supported at its forward end in a short standard B and at its rear end in a standard B, said standards B and B being rigidly attached to the base C. The standard B has a circular opening into which the end of the cylinder is fitted, said cylinder being provided with an annular collar A', which rests against the inner face of they standard to act as a stop to prevent the cylinder being projected through the standard. The rear standard B has an opening out therein and in which the rearV end of the cylinder rests, being held in place by means of hinged cross-piece B2. The rear standard B' is made angular in shape, and the front standard has a lateral extension at one side, and in this lateral extension and the eXtreme rear portion of the standard B' is journaled a threaded shaft D, upon which works a sleeve E, said sleeve having a springactuated tongue E', which engages the thread of the shaft, so that when the shaft is rotated the sleeve will be moved along said shaft, and by disengaging the spring-tongue from the threads of the shaft the sleeve can be readily moved back and forth upon the shaft, as described, Without rotating said shaft.

A piston F is arranged Within the cylinder and is connected to one member of a U- shaped operating-rod G, the other member of said rod being connected to the sleeve E, working upon the threaded shaft D, so that as the shaft is rotated the sleeve will move upon the said shaft and cause the piston to move within the cylinder, it being understood, of course, that the cylinder is first filled with butter and the piston inserted in the rear end thereof, and the sleeve will of course be located upon the extreme rear end of the shaft D.

A guide-roller H is mounted upon the base C to the rear of the standard B' and serves as a guide for the operating-rod. In order to rotate the threaded shaft D, I attach a crankarm I to the forward end thereof and upon the forward face of the standard B, said crankarm having a handleland about midway its length is shaped into a cutting-blade K for the purpose of cutting off a definite quantity of butter fed from the cylinder by means of the piston F, the cutting-blade K being so arranged that at each revolution of the crankarm it will sever a thin piece of butter which projects from the forward end of the cylinder.

A spring-block L is pivoted at its upper end between ears carried upon the upper end of the standard, said print-block being normally held over the forward end of the cylinder by means of a spring L', so that the butter in being forced against said block will receive an impression. As the crank-arm is moved forwardly the print-block is elevated by means of the said arm, the end of said block being beveled, as shown at L2, and the crank-arm also has a beveled face I2, which engages the said beveled face L2, thereby lifting the print-block forwardly and outwardly, as most clearly shown in Fig. 2. In this manner the print-block is lifted away from the end of the cylinder just prior to the cutting operation and is thrown back suiiiciently to clear the way for the operation of the crankarm, and after said crank-arm has passed the spring will immediately return the block to its normal position. These operations are continued until all of the butter has been fed through the cylinder. The spring-tongue of the sleeve is then withdrawn from the threads of the shaft and the sleeve slid rearwardly upon said shaft, thereby Withdrawin g the piston from the cylinder, and the cylinder can be removed from its support and refilled, thus placing the machine in readiness forcontinuation of the operation already described.

It will thus be seen that I provide an eX- ceedingly cheap, simple, and efficient machine for shaping and cutting butter into prints of a predetermined size.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States, is-

1. In a machine of the kind described, the combination with the cylinder arranged upon a suitable support of a U-shaped rod carrying a piston, said piston operating in the cylinder, a sleeve carried by the free end of the rod and a threaded rod adapted to engage the interior of the sleeve and operate the piston, substantially as described.

2. In a machine of the kind described, the combination with the cylinder suitably supported, of a piston working therein, a springpressed print-block pivoted above and adapted to normally close the forward end of the cylinder and the crank carrying a cuttingblade adapted to elevate the mechanism for feeding the piston, substantially as described.

3. In a device of the kind described, the combination With a cylinder, a reciprocating rod connected to said piston at one end, a threaded sleeve carried by the other end of the rod, a longitudinally-arranged threaded rod engaging said sleeve, a spring-pressed print-block pivoted above and adapted to normally close the cylinder, and a lever secured on one end of the threaded rod, and having a reduced portion intermediate its ends to form acuttin g edge, said crank being adapted to raise the print-block at each revolution thereof, substantially as described.

4f. In a machine of the kind described, the combination with the cylinder mounted upon a suitable support, of the spring-actuated print-block pivoted to the forward end of the support and adapted to normally close the forward end of the cylinder, the piston adapted to work in said cylinder, a U-shaped piston-rod, one end of which is attached to the piston, the threaded shaft and the sleeve working thereon, said sleeve having a spring-actuated tongue adapted to engage the thread of the shaft, said sleeve being connected to the other end of the U-shaped operating or piston rod, a crank-arm mounted upon the end of the threaded shaft and adapted to rotate same, said crank-arm carrying the cutting-blade and handle, said handle having a bevel face adapted to engage the bevel end of the printblock, substantially as and for the purpose described.

EDVARD J. BARRY.

Witnesses:

ETHEL ELIZABETH GREEN, CHAS. R. GREEN. 

